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Roger Penrose and Ivette Fuentes: A Bold New Test of Gravity
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Sir Roger Penrose and Professor Ivette Fuentes analyze the Ron Folman T-cubed experiment and whether the equivalence principle holds in quantum mechanics.
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TIMESTAMPS:
- 00:00:00 - The Ron Folman Experiment
- 00:08:12 - Quantum Equivalence Principle
- 00:15:00 - Gravitational Wavefunction Collapse
- 00:25:14 - Active vs. Passive Gravity
- 00:33:40 - Bose-Einstein Condensate Tests
- 00:44:30 - Do Gravitons Exist?
- 00:56:02 - Evidence Before the Big Bang
- 01:04:11 - Testing Collapse Models
LINKS MENTIONED:
- Ivette’s Website: https://ivettefuentes.weebly.com/
- Ivette’s Published Papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=W7-xksIAAAAJ
- Roger’s Published Papers: https://inspirehep.net/authors/993859
- Human Test: How Predictability, Creativity, And The Quantum Mind Will Redefine Life In The Age Of AI [Book]: https://amazon.com/dp/149308920X?tag=toe08-20
- The Equivalence Principle: https://www.britannica.com/science/equivalence-principle
- Nikita Nekrasov [TOE]: https://youtu.be/PH0CzN5qspI
- Exploring The Unification Of Quantum Theory And General Relativity With A Bose-Einstein Condensate [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1812.04630
- Jacob Barandes & Manolis Kellis [TOE]: https://youtu.be/MTD8xkbiGis
- Observation Of The Quantum Equivalence Principle For Matter-Waves [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.14535
- Claudia de Rham [TOE]: https://youtu.be/Ve_Mpd6dGv8
- Markus Aspelmeyer’s Published Papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DH7xfEgAAAAJ
- Hendrik Ulbricht Published Papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6d15M50AAAAJ
- Ron Folman’s Lecture: https://youtu.be/uVN7zapPtvw
- Ivette’s Solo Interview [TOE]: https://youtu.be/YWbjI-QsH2E
- Roger’s Solo Interview [TOE]: https://youtu.be/iO03t21xhdk
- Cumrun Vafa [TOE]: https://youtu.be/kUHOoMX4Bqw
- Ted Jacobson [TOE]: https://youtu.be/3mhctWlXyV8
- Jonathan Oppenheim [TOE]: https://youtu.be/6Z_p3viqW1g
- Alexia Lopez’s Published Papers: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PaPfR4sAAAAJ
- Neil Turok [TOE]: https://youtu.be/ZUp9x44N3uE
- Alexia Lopez’s Lecture: https://youtu.be/-zkGk6EPMC8
- A Big Ring On The Sky [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2402.07591
- The DP Model: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-Diosi-Penrose-DP-model-of-gravity-related-wave-function-collapse-a-According-to_fig1_344161033
- Underground Test Of Gravity-Related Wave Function Collapse [Paper]: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.13490
- Curt’s Talk With Roger On IAI: https://youtu.be/VQM0OtxvZ-Y
- Ron Folman’s T Cube Experiment: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1908.03879
- Carlo Rovelli [TOE]: https://youtu.be/hF4SAketEHY
- Fay Dowker [TOE]: https://youtu.be/PgYHEPCLVas
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